Garment-supporter.



No. 734,263. PATENTED JULY 21, 1903.

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PATENTED JULY 21, 1903.

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GARMENT SUPPORTER.

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UNITED STATES Patented July 21, 1903.

FRANKLIN K. HICKOK, or new HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,263, dated July 21,1903.

Application filed October 16 1902. Serial No. 127,448. llo model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN K. HICKOK, of New Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Garment- Supporters; and I do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andthe numerals of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a front view of the lower portion of a corset with my improvedgarment-supporter connected therewith; Fig. 2, a front or plan view ofthe garment-supporter plates, showing them in full lines in positionpreparatory to engagement and in broken lines as engaged; Fig. 3, aplanview of one of the plates detached; Fig. 4, an under side view of thesecond plate; Fig. 5, an edge view of the same; Fig. 6, a plan view of amodified form of strap-supporting plates; Fig. '7, a sectional viewthereof on the line a b of Fig. 6; Fig. 8, a plan view of anothermodified form which my invention may assume; Fig. 9, a sectional viewthereof on the line 0 d of Fig. 8; Fig. 10, a plan View of two platesprovided with ball-and-socket fasteners; Fig. 11, a sectional view onthe line e f of Fig. 10.

This invention relates to an improvement in garment-supporters, andparticularly to hose-supporters for ladies, and in which the supporteris adapted to be secured to one of the stud members of an ordinarycorset-clasp, the object of the invention being a simple device adaptedto be readily connected with the,

stud member of a corset-clasp and so as to be interlocked therewith, andat the same time so interlock the corset-clasp that its members cannotbe separated until the garment-supporter is removed therefrom; and theinvention consists in the construction as will be hereinafter described,and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention I employ two members, to each of which ahose-supporter strap is connected and provide means for interlocking themembers with each other and with the stud member of a corset-clasp.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the drawings, I employ a plate2,- formed with a centrally-arranged opening 3, with a vertical slot4extending upward therefrom. One edge 5 of the plate forms a segment of acircle, of which the center of the opening 3 is the center. At one sidenear the top is a shoulder 6, and for uniformity of appearance a similarshoulder 7 is formed at the opposite side. At one side of the lower edgeis a projection 8, in which a slot 9 is formed for the attachment to theplate of one of the straps 10 of the hosesupporter. The other memberconsists of a plate 11, formed with a segmental shoulder 12,corresponding to the curvature of the edge 5 of the plate, At its outerend the plate 11 is formed with a slot 13 for the attachment thereto ofa hose-supporter strap 14. This plate is also provided with aninwardlyextending lip 15, and at its inner end is a button 16, adaptedto enter the hole 3 when one edge of the plate is against the shoulder6, as indicated in Fig. 2. This plate 11 is adapted to set over theplate 2, and when the button 16 enters the hole 3 the plate is turneddownward until its lower end abuts against the extension 8, as shown inFig. 1, at which time the button rides over the under surface of theplate 2 and stands in line with the slot 4, as indicated in broken linesin Fig. 2. The plate 2 sets over the stud 17 of the corsetclasp afterthe eye member 18 is engaged therewith, and the plate is drawn down, sothat the stud 17 stands in the slot 4. When this member is thus inposition, the plate 11 is applied as above indicated, and the buttoncloses the lower end of the slot 4, so as to not only interlock themembers together, but to lock the members of the Corset-clasp.

For the purpose of interlocking the plates 2 and 11 the plate 2 maybe'provided with a slight projection 19 and the plate 11 with acorresponding groove 20, terminating in a depression 21, to receive theprojection 19; but this means for interlocking the members is not alwaysnecessary, as the strain of the straps upon the plates normally tends todraw them together.

Instead ofturning the second member of the holder the plate 22, as shownin Fig. 7 may be formed with a slot 23, with which a hook 24 on the rearof the member 25 may engage, the plate 22 corresponding to the plate 2before described and the plate 25 to the plate 11, and both members areprovided with slots for attachment thereto of the supporterstraps. Viththis construction I employ a lever 20, with which a button 27 isconnected and so as to be turned thereby, the button being adapted toenter and turn in the opening 28 forthe purpose of locking the memberstogether and to the corset-clasp. As herein shown, the lever is providedwith stop-shoulders 29 30, adapted to engage at the limit of itsmovement with a stud 31, mounted on the member 25.

Instead of hooking the member to the plate 22 it may be formed as shownin Fig. 8, in which the plate 32 is formed with a lip 33, engaging withone edge of the plate 34, the means for interlocking the plates beingthe same as shown in Figs. 6 and '7, or instead of providing a lever andbutton the outer end of the member maybe provided with a ball or studmember 36, adapted to enter and engage with a round opening 37, formedin the plate 38, this stud member coacting with the central opening inthe same manner as the well-known ball-and-socket fasteners, and thisball or stud member closing the central opening in the plate not onlyinterlocks the members, but interlocks the members of the corset-claspin the same Way as before described.

It will be apparent that in carrying out my invention various changesmay be made in the construction and arrangement of parts withoutdeparting from my invention, and I therefore do not wish to beunderstood as limiting my invention to the exact construction shown, buthold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations therein asfairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A garment supporter comprising two members, each having ahose-supporter strap connected with it, one member adapted forengagement to a corset at a single point, and a second memberinterlocked with and supported by the first member, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a hose supporter, the combination with a plate having an openingadapting the plate to be set over the stud member of the corsetclasp,and having a hose-supporter strap connected thereto, of a second platealso having a hose-supporter strap connected with it and provided with abutton coacting with the opening in the first plate to close the sameand interlock the plate with the corset-clasp, substantially asdescribed.

3. A garment supporter comprising two members, each adapted to have ahose-supporter strap connected with it, one member formed with a centralopening and a slot extending upward therefrom, the other member formedwith a button adapted to enter said opening and be turned therein toclose one end of said slot, substantially as described.

I. A garment supporter comprising two members each adapted to have ahose-supporter strap connected with it, one member formed with acentrally-arranged opening and a slot extending upward therefrom, asegmental edge and a shoulder at the upper end thereof, the other memberprovided with a lip to engage with the under surface of the first plate,and with a button adapted to enter the opening in the first plate,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

FRANKLIN K. IIICKOK.

\Vitnesses:

FREDERIG C. EARLE, J. II. THUMWAY.

